The Augustan Society, Inc., bills itself as an "“association of scholars". ” The Society also emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the field. Indeed, it is our ability to span conventional topics that is one of the Society's great strengths. As such, there are many activities which do not fall neatly into one of the topical Departments. For this reason, and because they don't need discipline-specific oversight, it is appropriate to create these projects as [[Study Groups ]] under separate administration.
Study Groups will be created at need, provided that a member volunteers to work on it. Study Groups will be made dormant when no member is willing. Thus at any time there will be a list of active Study Groups and a list of inactive Study Groups, the latter occasionally often being rather much longer than the former. This is in keeping with the nature of the Society, and follows a long tradition of directing the focus of the Society to those projects which have member support at any given point in time.
Study Groups and their are each lead by a [[Coordinators |Coordinator]] who is are under named by and serves at the direction pleasure of the [[Dean of Studies]]. It shall be upon his authority that Study Groups are created, activated, and deactivated. The Coordinators will be appointed by and serve at his pleasure.
The duties of a Study Group are:
* Create or confirm their charter, describing the scope of their interest;
* Advertising the group's existence, purpose, and activities in ''[[Augustæum]]''and on a page on the [[Main Website]];* Welcoming Augustans into the group (no closed groups are not allowed);
* Coordinating activities with the [[Library]], who may assist by funding book purchases and making loans; and
* Developing and encouraging the development of articles on the topic of study for ''The [[Augustan Omnibus]]''.
Currently active Study Groups include:
* [[Descents from Antiquity Back Issue Digitizing Study Group]]
* [[Egyptology Study Group]]
* [[Family of Augustans Heraldry Index Study Group]]* [[First Peoples Medals & Decorations Study Group]]* [[Heraldry Training Online Armorial & Ordinary Study Group]]* [[Photo Collection Philatelic Study Group]]
Currently inactive Study Groups include:
* [[Colonial Witches Study Group]]
* [[Crusades Study Group]]
* [[Descents from Antiquity Study Group]]
* [[Descents from Charlemagne Study Group]]
* [[Descents from the Conquest Study Group]]
* [[East Asian Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Eastern & Central European Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Ecclesiastical Heraldry Study Group]]
* [[English Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Family of Augustans Study Group]]
* [[First Peoples Study Group]]
* [[French Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Genetic Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Germanic Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Gnostic Chivalry Study Group]]
* [[Greco-Roman Study Group]]
* [[Habsburg Dynasty Study Group]]
* [[Heraldry Study Group]]
* [[Heraldry Training Study Group]]
* [[Historiography Study Group]]
* [[Irish Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Study Group]]
* [[Lineage Chart Study Group]]
* [[Medals & Decorations Study Group]]
* [[Medieval Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Medieval History Study Group]]
* [[Merovingian Dynasty Study Group]] * [[Middle Eastern Royal Houses Study Group]]
* [[Numismatic Study Group]]
* [[Philatelic Order of St. Lazarus Study Group]]* [[Photograph Collection Study Group]]
* [[Plymouth Colony Genealogy Study Group]]
* [[Roman Study Group]]
* [[Spanish Genealogy Study Group]]
It may well be that there is a call to combine groups, such as a History Study Group encompassing the Ancient History and Medieval History groups. This should be encouraged, as should splitting a group that decides their topic is overbroadover-broad. The groups listed above are only those that have in the past been found useful; the future may well find members with different interests.
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